Sugar

[kelownagirl]

My trainer has me looking at my diet for sugar.

How many grams of sugar per day is reasonable?

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Actual granulated sugar or sugar content in food in general?

[Veronica]

Sugar content in food in general.

I'm sort of appalled at how much sugar there is in my food.

My yogurt has 18 grams, cereal 9, Red Bull 27! Okay, I'm not really surprised at the Red Bull.

But it seems to add up to an awful lot of sugar.

V.

[kelownagirl]

Sugar content in food in general.

I'm sort of appalled at how much sugar there is in my food.

My yogurt has 18 grams, cereal 9, Red Bull 27! Okay, I'm not really surprised at the Red Bull.

But it seems to add up to an awful lot of sugar.

V.

I've cut back a lot just by eating less processed foods. I eat unsweetend plain yogurt now. Plain oatmeal. I do eat chocolate tho - sugar in that. I use splenda in my one cup of coffee and sugar free pop but that's rare so I don't get much aspartame. I eat lots of fruit and get my sweet fix from that.

[Veronica]

Luckily, I don't put sugar in my coffee.

The chemical stuff in diet things makes my head wonky. My MIL likes to cook desserts with the fake sugar. I can always tell because my head just feels weird. I get the same effect from MSG. Now I ask her if she used it and I politely decline if she did.

She and and my FIL work hard to try to eat in a more healthy way. They are truck drivers and it's hard to get a healthy meal on the road. So I understand why she cooks with it. I'm not even sure they have real sugar in their house. MY FIL does have a real big sweet tooth.

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[Resi]

I've cut back a lot just by eating less processed foods. I eat unsweetend plain yogurt now. Plain oatmeal. I do eat chocolate tho - sugar in that. I use splenda in my one cup of coffee and sugar free pop but that's rare so I don't get much aspartame. I eat lots of fruit and get my sweet fix from that.

Wow, where do you get unsweetend plain yogurt? What brand... I have never seen or heard of it... Doesn't milk have natural sugar? I don't use splenda or other artificial sweetners... I always say...I am sweet enough ha ha ha

Resi